Aim to reinforce concepts learnt in schools. The Good News - teachers can now choose the dates for certain programmes to be conducted to tie in with their lesson plans.
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Singapore Wildlife 
Duration: 45 mins
Date: Open
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Do we have wildlife in Singapore? YES we do. Get to know more about the native animals of Singapore and their fight for survival. Learn how we can save them from extinction. |
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Learn about local (Singapore) wildlife.
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Understand what causes these animals to be endangered and find out how one can help them.
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Animal Weaponry
Duration: 45 mins
Date: Open |
Beaks, Claws, Horns and Tusks. What do all these have in common? They are the many types of "gear" animals use to survive. Find out how different animals are designed to survive in their environment. |
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This programme will take a closer look at how animals survive by using their many adaptations.
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Reproduction in Animals
Duration: 45min
Date: Open |
How do animals find their mates and how is the fertilization process like? What is virgin birth? Find out more in this programme. |
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Understand the concept of fertilization.
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Know the different types of reproduction methods.
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Reproduction in Plants
Duration: 45min
Date: 11 - 15 Aug
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How do you tell a male flower from a female? How can we get new plants without having to go through the process of fertilization? Examples of vegetative propagation will be shown. |
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Understand sexual and asexual reproduction in plants.
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Learn the different methods of vegetative propagation.
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Seed Dispersal
Duration: 45 min
Date: Open
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How do seeds travel from their parent plants in search of a conducive environment for germination? Looks at the various methods of seed dispersal and how the disappearance of animals as dispersal agents can have serious effects in the survival of the plants. A wide range of seeds will be on display.
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List the different types of seed dispersal methods.
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Observe the seeds or fruits and identify the dispersal method
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Understand the need of seed dispersal
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Food Chains and Food Webs
Duration: 45min
Date: Open |
Learn the concept of food chains and food webs through dramatization. Students become prey, predators or plants in different ecosystems and learn how the change in population of one group creates a chain reaction and upsets the entire food web. |
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Understand the concept of food chains and food webs; energy transfer and food pyramid.
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Understand the concept of herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.
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Construct a food chain and food web based on the animals given.
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Adaptation
Duration: 45min
Date: Open
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How are animals able to withstand extreme temperatures? How are they adapted to their diet? How do animals adapt in a watery world? How do birds fly? Discover interesting animal adaptative features and more. |
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Understand the need for animals to adapt to their environment.
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Understand how forms and structures of animals help them to adapt.
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Appreciate that animals change their behaviour to adapt and enhance their chance of survival.
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Analyse how a given animal adapt to its environment.
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Rotting Log Community
Duration: 45min
Date: 3 - 7 March |
A myriad of organisms found in the rotting log community, including millipedes, snails, slugs, scorpions and spiders will definitely thrill your students. Concepts on populations, organisms, habitats and community will be discussed. Factors affecting the community will also be highlighted.
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Understand the relationship between the different living organisms in the rotting log community.
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Understand the adaptations of the animals living in the rotting log community.
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Appreciate the role of these organisms as ‘recyclers of Planet Earth’
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Animals and Environment
Duration: 45min
Date: 14 - 18 April
Max: 40 students |
Pollution has greatly endangered the survival of the animals. It will also affect our survival. What can we do to help them and ourselves? Students will be have a chance to make recycled paper. |
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Identify the problems that our environment is facing.
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Understand how these problems affect the animals.
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What can we do to help solve these problems?
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Do hands-on paper recycling.
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Genetics
Duration: 45min
Date: Open
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What makes a tiger white or a leopard black? Are king cheetahs a different species from the spotted cheetah? How did the falabella, the small breed of horse in the world, come about? Why did we send Ah Meng’s children and other animals away to other zoos on breeding exchange programmes? |
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Understand the genes that are past down from parents to offspring.
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Understand why animals of the same species can look different.
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Understand the concept of mutation.
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